Definitions for vaticanˈvæt ɪ kən

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word vatican.

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Vatican, Vatican Palace(noun)

the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City

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Vatican(Adjective)

Relating to the Vatican City state.

Vatican(ProperNoun)

The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City.

Vatican(ProperNoun)

The papal government; the papacy.

Vatican(ProperNoun)

Roman Catholicism

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Vatican(noun)

a magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc

Origin: [L. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, Vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F. Vatican, It. Vaticano.]

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Vatican

Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
The community is named after Vatican City with street names such as Vatican Road, Vatican Square Drive, Pope Drive, and Bishop Street. It is located near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 93 and Vatican Road.

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Vatican

vat′i-kan, n. an assemblage of buildings on the Vatican hill in Rome, including one of the pope's palaces: the papal authority.—ns.Vat′icanism, the system of theology and ecclesiastical government based on absolute papal authority, ultramontanism; Vat′icanist, one who upholds such a system.—Vatican Codex, a famous uncial MS. of the Greek Testament, of the 4th century, in the Vatican library at Rome; Vatican Council, the Twentieth Ecumenical Council, according to popish reckoning, which met 8th December 1869 and proclaimed the Infallibility of the Pope. [Fr.,—It. Vaticano—L. Mons Vaticanus, a hill in Rome.]